"Oh, Ellie, you didn't!" Elizabeth blurted out.

"Of course I did!" she blithely replied. "Girls, I'd like you to meet Ellen." The doll jumped up onto the lunch table. "Ellen, these are the Stitching Bitches." They all looked at the robotic version of Ellie Beasley as she was in her early 20s, with shoulder length strawberry blonde hair, cat's eyes glasses, and very red lips.

"Nice to meet you all." Ellen politely said, looking around. "But where are all the hotties?"

"Why, Ellie?" Sandra managed to ask.

"We can't turn back our biological clocks, and since all those fine men who wanted dolls modeled after them are too young, I decided Ellen could make the acquaintance of their dolls." Ellie told her friends. "Ellen, you'll have to find the men on your own, I don't have their addresses."

"Do you have any interesting information to report?" Elena asked Tsareng and Alana.

"He likes watching weather forecasts." Alana replied with a hint of disdain.

"If all you really want is just to link your system with his, why not just do it? If a tactical plan isn't working, you should change your strategy." Tsareng suggested.

"Are you ready?" Tifa asked Cloud as she came out of the bathroom.

"Yep, let's go." Cloud replied, and opened the front door.

"Wait for us!" Storm and Tina called out, hurrying out of their dollhouse and grabbing onto their owner's legs.

"Okay, you can come too." Cloud reluctantly said, and their dolls gleefully let go of their legs, rushing out the open door to Fenrir.

"What do you want now?" Mr. Nice Guy asked Dick, feeling a fit of exasperation coming on. Whenever Dick approached him, it was undoubtedly to get in some kind of trouble that Reno and Rude had told him to keep Dick out of.

"I overheard them." Dick gestured at the table where Reno and Rude were eating lunch. "There's a birthday party today and it might be where they're hiding all the female dolls. Let's go find 'em!" Dick said before running out the door.

"Hey! Stop! Come back here!" Mr. Nice Guy shouted, chasing after the delinquent bad boy.

"Aren't you going to follow them?" Rude asked when he and Reno saw their robotic counterparts run out the door.

"Nah, when Cid made some alterations on Dick, I had him shove a GPS beacon in him as well. Dick's stupid enough to just think the slight extra weight was just part of the enhancement. I can find him when we're done eating." Reno explained. "I ain't giving up my lunch break for that little punk."

"Calm down." Nanaki told his pups for the umpteenth time.

"But Sire…" his eldest pup started to say.

"I know, you're not used to smelling humans. But these are good special humans, so relax." Nanaki growled.

"Hey, you guys! So which one is the lucky birthday pup?" Yuffie exclaimed as she arrived, holding out a big wrapped box. Vinnie was sitting on her shoulder, staying quiet.

"Me!" the youngest one squeaked, trying not to feel nervous about being so close to a human. He had to be a brave warrior like his father and grandfather. Just then, Fenrir came roaring down the dirt road, coming to a stop a few feet away from everyone, and all the pups barely held back the startled yelps caught in their throats.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!" Storm and Tina started singing as they let go of their owners' legs and ran over to the pups.

"These smell funny, Sire." the eldest pup remarked as he sniffed them.

"What are those things?" Nanaki asked.

"Toy companions." Cloud replied as he put their present next to Yuffie's. "Barret will be bringing the kids."

Soon everyone but Vincent had arrived, and it was more of a party for the dolls than anyone else, all being very eager to meet others of their kind.

"Where's the cake?" Barret wanted to know.

"I don't think there's going to be cake at this party." Tifa gently informed him. "Vincent was supposed to be bringing…there he is!" she exclaimed as the altered former Turk arrived in a red swirl, with a large cooler in his hands.

"I've got the steaks." he announced. "Fresh from a young behemoth."

"There they are!" Dick exclaimed, running to where all the other dolls were getting to know each other, Mr. Nice Guy not far behind him. Dick shoved his way past the other male dolls to where Yunnie, Aretha, Tina, and Sarah were chatting. "Hey girls, any of you ready for a real man yet? I've been primed and am raring to go!" he told them.

"Who is this?" the female dolls just looked at each other.

"I know who he is." Vinnie announced. "Yuffie told me. He's a…wannabe pirate?" he tried to remember her exact words. "And he likes to be tied up."

"Oh, okay, we can do that." Sarah said, and the female dolls converged on Dick.

"Hey, what is this? Don't you know who I am?" Dick protested as they tied him to a nearby rock.

"Well, now we can get back to the party." Tifa didn't bother to hide the smirk she felt. "Vincent, you said you had the steaks?"

"Yes, I do." Vincent opened the cooler, and gestured for Nanaki and his pups to enjoy them while the human guests enjoyed the refreshments Cid and Shera had brought down from the airship.

"Can I open the presents now?" the birthday pup asked when every was done eating, looking in curious anticipation at the stack of them.

"Yes. But be careful you don't ruin what's inside when you tear it open." Nanaki cautioned, even as the guests all assured him their presents couldn't be ruined.

"Well, I guess this goes under the great minds category." Cid jovially remarked as the last of the presents was opened, and Nanaki's youngest pup now had a stack of plain stuffed Hojo dolls.

Cloud decided to take out his phone and start recording as the birthday pup grabbed one of the stuffed Hojos in his mouth and started pawing and biting it. Soon it was nothing but a wad of fluff, and all the guests couldn't help but applaud, and Vincent even laughed.

"Hey, get me out of here." Dick tried to order Mr. Nice Guy to untie him. "I don't want to be next on the menu.

"You brought this on yourself." Mr. Nice Guy told him.

"Shut up and help me. Those women don't understand what they're missing. What kind of guy likes to be tied up anyway?" Dick complained.

Tseng woke up feeling a bit groggy, and was only half-surprised to find himself naked, tied to a bed. He was totally surprised to notice it was a rather feminine-looking bed. Enemies of the Turks and Shinra wouldn't hold him hostage in a regular house, there were specific facilities for such things. He got a second more intense shock when the bedroom door opened and a leather-clad Elena walked in, holding a breakfast tray and a riding crop.

"Good morning, my little stud muffin. Are you ready for the day's fun?" she politely asked him.